Lubricator for elevator-ropes or the like.



,No. 709,318. Patented Sept. l6, I902.

m. H. HALLGBAN.

LUBRICATOR FOR ELEVATOR BOPES 0R THE LIKE.

I (Application filed Aug. 7, 1901. (No Model.)

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MARTIN H. HALLORAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

LUBRICAT O R FOR ELEVATOR-ROPES OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,318, datedSeptember 16, 1902.

Application filed August 7, 1901. Serial No- 71,135. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknownthat I, MARTIN H. HALLORAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLubricators for Elevator-Ropes or the Like,of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.i

This invention relates to'certain new and useful improvements inlubricators, and relates more particularly to lubricators employed forlubricating elevator-cables and such cables as are employed in cranes,hoists, lifts, and the like. i

The object of the present invention is to construct a lubricator of theabove-described class that will be extremely simple in construction,strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture,and highlyefficient in its use.

The invention still further contemplates the construction of alubricat-or that will effectually retain the lubricant, except suchportion as is taken up by the cable, irrespective of the speed of travelof the cable.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specifically.

pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificati0n,and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corre- View of the spring upon whichthe feed-roller is mounted. i In the drawings the reference-numeral 1indicates a pulley-wheel, and 2 indicates the elevator-cables passingover the same.

The reference-numeral 3 indicates the lubricator, which has formedtherein a lubricant receptacle or well 4:, and 5 indicates thelubricant. In this lubricant receptacle or well are secured springs 6 6,carrying seats 7, in which is rotatably mounted a feed-roller 8, saidsprings normally tending to bear the periphery of the feed-rolleragainst the cables 2 and lubricate the same when the cables are inoperation. The reference-numeral 9 represents guards formed integralwith the opposite ends of thelubricator-well 4, these guards beingapproximately semicircular in crosssection and designed to partiallyinclose the wheel and prevent the lubricant from being directedoutwardly from the receptacle and further serve the purpose of retainingthe small particles or drippings from the cables, which are directed tothe lubricant receptacle or well, as Will be readily understood. At therear portions of these flat springs 6 are downwardlyextending lugs 10,secured to the sides for the purpose of securing the springs to thewalls of the receptacle.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved device will bereadily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and it will be noted that variouschanges may be made in the details of construction without departingfrom the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a lubricator, the combination with a 111- bricant-receptacle, of apair of upwardly and outwardly extending curved guards, formed integralwith the opposite ends of the said receptacle, said guards beingapproximately semicircular in cross-section and adapted to snuglyinclose a portion of pulley-wheel, and

a roller mounted in the said receptacle, sub

stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MARTIN H. HALLORAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER.

